Brain Processing of Contagious Itch in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis

Brain Processing of Contagious Itch in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis

Several studies show that itch and scratching cannot only be induced by pruritogens like histamine or cowhage, but also by the presentation of certain (audio-) visual stimuli like pictures on crawling insects or videos showing other people scratching. This phenomenon is coined “Contagious itch” (CI)...

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Main Authors: Christina Schut, Hideki Mochizuki, Shoshana K. Grossman, Andrew C. Lin, Christopher J. Conklin, Feroze B. Mohamed, Uwe Gieler, Joerg Kupfer, Gil Yosipovitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
contagious itch
atopic dermatitis
functional MRI
supplementary motor area
striatum
orbitofrontal cortex
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01267/full

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